Error message from Time Machine: "Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while linking files on the backup volume." Using Time Machine Buddy, I got the following log entries: "Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: data" ror occured while l

More from the Time Machine Buddy: "Node requires deep traversal:/Volumes/Data" and "reason: kFSEDBEventFlagMustScanSibDirs"
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Hi Norm,
Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair Disk, (not Repair Permissions). Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
(Repair both Drives)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
(Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.)

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Hi Norm,
Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
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Thanks,
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Pondini wrote:
harv47 wrote:
The Time Machine Buddy widget shows no messages. None of the buttons do anything.
What am I doing wrong?
See #A1 in the Time Machine - Troubleshooting *User Tip,* also at the top of this forum.
Your user account may not have permission to see the logs.
The sentence beginning "If the message area is blank ..." shows how to figure out if that's the problem, and how to fix it.
Post back if it's not clear, or doesn't work.
The Tip had the answer. It was permissions.
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Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Bay 3 HPFS+
Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Bay 2 HPFS+
Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Macintosh HD
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No pre-backup thinning needed: 712.2 MB requested (including padding), 315.09 GB available
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No post-back up thinning needed: no expired backups exist
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(Finished May 4, 2010 2:38:17 PM)
I hope this is useful. Thanks for your help.
harv47

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